Walk the talk - Battle for Holiness
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SSMC
OVERVIEW
WHO
WHOM
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
Peter, the Rock
Believers in Asia Minor
Rome
AD 64
Hope in the midst of trials
Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16
Battle for
13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16 (NKJV)
1 Peter 1:13-16
What do these words have in common?
? Migrant
? Smell
? Sex
? Attitude
? Black
Negative Connotative Words
HOLY
Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16
GrowGird
GraceBattle for
Grow1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”
Some say there is NO need to GROW in holiness as we are already holy
Battle for
1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”
Hebrew: Kodesh Greek: Hagios
Separated Set apart
Different
Battle for
Grow
Positionally Holy Justification
Progressively Holy Sanctification
Perfectly Holy Glorification
Past
Present
Future
1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”
Lev 11:44 “I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.”
Lev 19:2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.”
Battle for
Grow
The holy man is not one who cannot sin.A holy man is one who will not sin.
1 Peter 1:13a “Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober…”
The Battle for Holiness begins in the mind
Battle for
Gird
NIV
Therefore, prepare your minds
for action; be self-controlled; set
your hope fully on the grace to be
given you when Jesus Christ is
revealed.
NKJV
Therefore gird up the loins of
your mind, be sober, and
rest your hope fully upon the grace
that is to be brought to you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13b “... and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”
The Battle for Holiness is motivated by Grace
Battle for
Grace
Pursuing Holiness through legalistic self-effort
Error 1
Galatians 3:3 “How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?”
Battle for
Grace
Grace removes the requirement for Holiness
Error 2
2 Corinthians 7:1 “Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”
Battle for
Grace
Grace-Empowered Holiness
Titus 2:11-13“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age”
GraceBattle for
Truth
“The pursuit of holiness must be
anchored in the grace of God;
otherwise it is doomed to
failure…. The pursuit of holiness
requires sustained and vigorous
effort…. Grace and the personal
discipline required to pursue
holiness, however, are not
opposed to one another. In fact,
they go hand in hand.”
GROW in Holiness
GIRD your mind
GRACE–empowered Holiness
Battle for 1 Peter 1:13-16
Benjamin Isaiah
BrianJoyce JoyMercyEsther Rachel
"True holiness is no
vague sentiment - it is
intensely practical. It
is nothing less than
the bringing of every
thought and feeling
and act - into
obedience to Christ!"
JR Miller